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Presidential Retribution (Executive Watch)

After Neutering America’s Big Media, Trump Goes After the BBC
Donald Trump’s lawsuits against big media companies—backed up by the threat to abuse regulatory power against them—have made U.S.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump’s Threats Against Big Business Keep Them Silent in Tariff Case
Sometimes, Donald Trump’s authoritarianism is demonstrated by what doesn’t happen, by the conspicuous silences.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Considers a Blatantly Illegal Plan to Use the IRS to Probe and Harass Donors Who Oppose MAGA
A long-standing abuse of presidential power is the use of the Internal Revenue Service as a tool for getting information on the president’s political…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Is Asking Top DOJ Officials to Use the Agency to Prosecute Those Charged With Investigating His Criminal Actions
Every accusation Donald Trump makes about the abuse of power by his political opponents turns out to be a confession of how he intends to use power.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Threatens to Jail Chicago Mayor and Illinois Governor for Opposing His ICE Immigration Raids
Donald Trump has an obsession with the idea of jailing his political opponents.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Is Even Targeting the Private Employment of Officials Who Investigated His Criminal Acts by Threatening to Cancel the Contracts of…
One of the illusions that brought Trump to power is the idea that he is “pro-business” and favors deregulation.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Issues 'Anti-Terror' Directive That Would Sic the Police State on Everyone Except the MAGA Right
As part of his exploitation of the killing of Charlie Kirk to suppress political dissent, Donald Trump has issued a new directive, known by the acronym…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump’s DOJ Demands Its Attorneys Come Up With Charges It Can File Against Soros, a Longtime Bogeyman of the Right
Donald Trump has been busy exploiting the assassination of Charlie Kirk to pursue a general crackdown on his political opposition.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Fires U.S. Attorney for Refusing to Prosecute Trump's Enemies and Replaces Him With a Former Personal Lawyer With No Experience or…
Donald Trump just fired an experienced US attorney for refusing to prosecute two of Trump’s political enemies, New York Attorney General Letitia James…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Fires U.S. Attorney for Adhering to Proper Evidentiary Standards and Refusing to Persecute the President's Political Enemies
Donald Trump has promised to punish his political enemies by prosecuting them for a whole array of imagined crimes.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump's Federal Housing Finance Chief Abused His Office to Dig Up False Accusations Against Fed Governor to Fire Her
Donald Trump asked Federal Housing Finance Agency head Bill Pulte to abuse his power by digging up accusations against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa…
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Robert Tracinski
Pete Hegseth Polices the U.S. Military to Ensure Political Loyalty to … Charlie Kirk!
The Trump administration is already policing the political ideas of foreigners applying for visas to the United States, blocking entry for those who…
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Robert Tracinski
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